This deal is profitable. The price is 8.2 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $9429
Fair price: $10350
High price: $11270
MPG: 22 mpg city / 28 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Graphite Mica
Dealer: Sam Galloway Ford
Mileage: 61,265
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 Mazda 3 (s Grand Touring)
Estimated: $40922 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2736
$1313
$1149
$1040
$930
$7168
Insurance
$1845
$1910
$1977
$2046
$2118
$9896
Fuel
$1625
$1674
$1732
$1802
$1883
$8716
Maintenance
$2312
$1626
$1046
$1110
$2084
$8178
Repairs
$812
$986
$1122
$1244
$1438
$5602
Taxes & Fees
$921
$921
$921
$921
$921
$1365
Total Ownership Costs
$10251
$7614
$7159
$7326
$8571
$40922
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2500.00
Displacement CI: 152.559360236830
Displacement L: 2.50
Doors: 4
Engine Model: L5X California
Make: MAZDA
Manufacturer: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Manufacturer Id: 1041
Model: Mazda3
Model Year: 2012
Plant City: Hofu
Plant Company Name: Mazda Motor Corporation
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Yamaguchi
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Grand Touring/GT
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2012
ENGINE
THE CAR SOMETIMES SURGES DURING DOWNSHIFTING. I WILL BE DRIVING IN MODERATE TRAFFIC IN THIRD GEAR. THE TRAFFIC SLOWS, AND I LET IN THE CLUTCH AND APPLY THE BRAKE. WHEN THE TRAFFIC STARTS TO PICK UP AGAIN, I AM GOING TOO SLOW FOR THIRD, SO I SHIFT INTO SECOND AND LET THE CLUTCH OUT. MY RIGHT FOOT IS JUST RESTING LIGHTLY ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IDLING FAST, BUT AS SOON AS THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ROARS AND THE CAR LEAPS FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT PRESSED THE GAS AT ALL. I LET IN THE CLUTCH AGAIN TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I LET IT OUT AGAIN, IT WORKS NORMALLY. THIS HAPPENS ONCE, TWICE, OR NOT AT ALL IN A 40-MILE ROUND TRIP OUT OF TOWN AND BACK. IT ALSO HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN I MAKE A LEFT TURN WITHOUT STOPPING, BUT WHERE I NEED TO SLOW AND DOWNSHIFT. I COAST INTO THE TURN WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL IN, SHIFT DOWN, AND ATTEMPT TO LET THE CLUTCH OUT WHEN COMING OUT OF THE TURN. I WOULD EXPECT THE CAR TO SLOW WHEN I SHIFT DOWN UNLESS I AM PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, BUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN ME IS GIVING IT GAS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, AND IT NEVER HAPPENS TWICE IN A ROW. I HAVE MADE IT HAPPEN ON PURPOSE, BUT I THINK THAT WAS PURE LUCK. IT HAPPENS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC IN OUR AREA, IT ENDS UP USUALLY BEING THIRD TO SECOND. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN DOWNSHIFTING INTO THIRD OR FOURTH ALSO. *TR
2012
POWER TRAIN
I DRIVE A 2012 MAZDA I TOURING SKYACTIVE. WHILE DRIVING HOME ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN I WAS CAME TO A STREET LIGHT. AS I APPLIED MY BRAKES THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED DOWN HARD, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED, WHICH FORCED ME TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION TYPE IS AN ELECTRIC AUTO/MANUAL. WITH THE CAR STILL RUNNING, I PUT THE CAR IN TO MANUAL MODE AND NOTHING HAPPENED (NO POWER). ONLY AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT DID THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT GO OFF AND THE CAR RAN AS NORMAL. THIS IS NOTHING I WOULD WANT TO HAPPEN WHILE ON A THRUWAY. ALSO, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED DOWNSHIFTING HARD ONE IN A WHILE, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER. AFTER TO NIGHT, I WILL BE TAKING MY CAR OVER TO THE DEALER IN THE MORNING. *TR
